IT IS SAID, “RECEIVE ALL THINGS WITH THANKFULNESS” (ALL THINGS MEANS EVERYTHING, INCLUDING ALL OBJECTS, EVENTS, EXPERIENCES AND CONDITIONS WITHOUT ANY LIMITS). IT INCLUDES TIMES WHEN YOU DO NOT RECEIVE SOMETHING WITH THANKFULNESS.
ARE YOU BEING THANKFUL (ARE YOU APPRECIATING, VALUING AN EXPERIENCE) IF YOU GET ANNOYED, IRRITATED, UPSET, ANGRY, OR COMPLAIN? ARE YOU SUFFERING (DISPLEASED, TROUBLED, MISERABLE, UNHAPPY) WHEN YOU GET IRRITATED, UPSET, ANGRY, OR COMPLAIN?
WHAT IF YOU ENJOY FEELING ANNOYED, IRRITATED UPSET, ANGRY, AND ENJOY COMPLAINING? IF THAT IS SO, YOU ARE NOT SUFFERING.
YOU MAY ENJOY IT, BUT IT DOES NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE. THE ENERGY BECOMES HIGH ENTROPY (CONTENTION, DISPUTES, CONFLICT, DISORDER, CHAOS). SOME PEOPLE ENJOY CONTENTION, DISPUTES, CONFLICT, DISORDER, AND CHAOS. HOWEVER PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL CHAOS WEARS DOWN A SYSTEM, CAUSES DISEASE, AND IS THEREFORE DESTRUCTIVE AND UNSUSTAINABLE.
ON THE OTHER HAND, HIGH ENERGIES OF PEACE, HAPPINESS, JOY, BLISS, OR ECSTASY ALSO OVERWHELM BODY, MIND AND EMOTIONS ARE ARE THEREFORE UNSUSTAINABLE (IT’S DIFFICULT TO INTELLECTUALIZE, TO USE WORDS/METAPHORS TO EXPLAIN FEELINGS).
TO SUM IT UP INTELLECTUALLY: WHEN YOU RECEIVE ALL THINGS WITH THANKFULNESS YOU ENJOY THE PEACE THAT PASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING.
AND FINALLY: WHEN YOU RECEIVE ALL THINGS WITH THANKFULNESS YOU ARE ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU APPRECIATE GAINING KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING AND WISDOM BY BEING ALIVE EXPERIENCING LIFE.
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